New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1887-06-22
that Secretary Lamar can have the !.
preme court vacancy il he desires 10.

Jhe burlington d MISSOURI RlVer railroad
received under former administrations ol
the land office patents for 200, 900 acres
| more than it was entitled to under its land
grants. a suit for res titut1on is pending.
| An aerolite OF vast dimensions fell near
St. Joseph, about ten miles from Evans
vile, Ind, and about three miles from the
nearest railway station. From the great
orifice made byst stone, and the depth
to which it has gone, it is estimated that
1T cannot weigh less than two tons. The
circumstance has occasioned great excite,
| ment.
1 The queen, in order to invest the jubilee
ceremonies in Westminster abbey with
greater pomp, consents to assume the state
robes and to be surrounded with all the
insignia Of sovereignty after entering the
abbey, and 500 troops will line the route
to the abbey, besides guard OF honor Of
600 persons.
The legislative picnic bills OF the Massar
chusetts legislature have increased from
s1,5Oo ten years ago to 81, 900 in the pres
ent session.
DIR. Samuel Worcester, lecturer in Boston
university, will make San Diego, CAL, his
permanent residence.
The big coke strike in Pennsylvania is
the syndicate ruptured.
Mess hall at the West Point military
academy is no longer called by it's old
name, but is now known as Granthall. 1t
has been papered and decorated, and
boasts .a.fne portrait of Gen. Grant, pre-
sented to West Point by George w. Childs,
presiden t of the board OF visitors.
The Connecticut legisla ture has passed a
aaw provided that a person who has been
twice convicted sentenced and imprisoned
for an offense isor which the minimum peri
cd OF punishment is Imprisonment for two
years, shall be wnder the supervisor OF the
state prison directors when released, and
ii he commits further offenses he can be
impris oned with out trial, being considered
under continuous sentence.
President M. T.. Green, of the Chicago
Lumber company, has just bought B. P.
Merelton's house ia that city for $215-
900.
The will OF the late James B. Crosby OF
Chicago disposes OF a $500, OOO-estate. Aft.
er dedueting various annuities to the fami-
ly and relatives, the residue goes to vari-
GUS Baptist societies.
Mrs. Langtry has invested $40, 900 in
New York real estate. Her investments
there aggregate $2OO,O 900.
DR.. Philip A. White, a negro citizen OF
New York, owns 5000, 600 worth Of pay.
ing property there.
Stagg, the we'll known Yale pitcher, is 60.
ing to study for the ministry.
The great number of applications for
railroad right OF way forwarded to Wash
ington attest the growth OF Dakota.
The Manitoba legislature prorogued. The
lieutenant governor in his speech from the
throne, said The session about to close
|swill be memorable in the history of the
|:country on account OF the Importance OF
the stand the legislature has taken to Be-
cure to the people Of the province COM
peting line OF railway, which it is hoped
will materially advance the interests OF
the community. trust that the Hud-
sons Bay railway will be speedily pushed
forward to completion.
The bridge over tho Tay has been com.
pleted at a cost OF 970O, 900 sterling.
Severe shocks of earthquake have oc-
Cured at Vernome in Turkestan. The
town was almost entirely destroyed. One
hundred and twenty persons were killed and
1875 injured. Among the latter is Gen.
Scmiretchinsk. Shocks continue at inter-
walls. The inhabitants have fed for safety
to the open country.
Boston papers are enthusiastic over the
oratorical ability OF Rev. Cannon Wilber-
force, who has been preaching in that city.
priest stops the daily fight at Bodyke,
Ireland, just in time to save u bailiff's life.
Herr La Lanse, u member OF the reich
stag from the Mulhausen circle, has been
ordered to leave Alsace within twenty-iour
hours. He is charged with having sup.
ported the French patriotic league.
The Moniteur says that, although DR..
McGlynn refuses to submit to the authori-
ty OF the church. the pope's Intervention
has had its effect, as DR.. McGlynn is is.
olated.
Smiths motion touching the position
OF the coercion bill on the 18th, was car
ried under closure, but not until Gladstone
showed the government to be responsible
for the bad state OF affairs in parliament.
The coercion majority was very large.
| Warden Benson, OF the Manitoba peni-
! tertiary, has warned the dominion gov
eminent that the half breeds and Indians
are becoming daily more aggressive, and
4 that unless they are checked, trouble may
| be expected. The half breeds desire moth
| ing better than q renewal OF hostilities.
In the Illinois house q senate bill was
! passed providing that no person shall sell
or furnish tobacco in any form to any mi
nor under sixteen years OF age, unless or
| written order OF parents or guardians.
The bills for the reorganization OF the
Canadian government departments were
recently discussed in the dominion parlia
ment
/ Queen Victoria will lay aside her mourn
i ing at the jubilee ceremony, and will wea1
4 pale mauve dress, trimmed with lace
and a purple velvet train. The pope
/ gift to Queen Victoria on the occasion o
i her Jubilee, consists OF a mosaic reproduc
tion of Raphael's fresco representing al
categorical figure OF Poetry.
The Agricultural Bureau reports tina
the condition OF spring wheat is good il
Dakota and the territories westward, blu
below the average records in Wisconsin
Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. The gen
eral average is S7.3, which is lower tina
4 in recent years, but 13 points higher tina
in 1881.
The Dakota roads which have filed thei
applications for the right OF way since las
! December are: The Duluth, Watertown
:; Pacific the Aberdeen, Fergus Falls & Pierre
L the Ordway, Bismarck Northwestern; tn
Dunseith & Sou hwestern and the extensio
of the James River Valley line.